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Re: Email security issues
From: "Stephen Sprunk" <stephen () sprunk org>
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 14:16:35 -0600
Thus spake "Brian Bruns" <bruns () 2mbit com>
This is one of those times where either PGP/GPG or these digital ID things in Outlook/Outlook Express would come in handy. Not that I would expect normal users to bother to check to see if the sig is legit or not, considering these are the same people who seem to have no problem opening
a
zip file and running an exe in it (ala MiMail).
Some MUAs automatically verify signatures before allowing the user to view the message... S Stephen Sprunk "God does not play dice." --Albert Einstein CCIE #3723 "God is an inveterate gambler, and He throws the K5SSS dice at every possible opportunity." --Stephen Hawking
Current thread:
- Email security issues Adi Linden (Nov 10)
- Re: Email security issues Daniel Roesen (Nov 10)
- Re: Email security issues Brian Bruns (Nov 10)
- Re: Email security issues Stephen Sprunk (Nov 10)
- Re: Email security issues Brian Bruns (Nov 10)
- Re: Email security issues Suresh Ramasubramanian (Nov 10)
- Re: Email security issues Daniel Roesen (Nov 10)